Bug#586953: quits command line mode when holding down arrow keys

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 06/21/2010 04:06 PM, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> Package: grub-ieee1275
> Version: 1.98+20100617-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: upstream
>
> Hi,
>
> when switch to the editing mode or the commandline mode from the menu and
> hold down an arrow key, e.g. right arrow to move to the end of line, the
> editing mode quits and I'm back to the menu.
>
> To me it looks like the arrow keys send multi‐character sequences
> starting with an escape character. The escape character is used to leave
> the editing mode, hence the escape is misinterpreted when the key is held
> down.
>
>   
Could you try the latest upstream bzr?
> Bye, Jörg.
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: unstable/experimental
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (700, 'experimental')
> Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.34
> Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages grub-ieee1275 depends on:
> ii  bc                       1.06.95-2       The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
> ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.32          Debian configuration management sy
> ii  grub-common              1.98+20100617-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
> ii  powerpc-ibm-utils        1.1.0-1         utilities for maintenance of IBM P
> ii  powerpc-utils            1.1.3-24        Various utilities for Linux/PowerP
> ii  ucf                      3.0025          Update Configuration File: preserv
>
> grub-ieee1275 recommends no packages.
>
> Versions of packages grub-ieee1275 suggests:
> ii  genisoimage                   9:1.1.10-1 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
> pn  os-prober                     <none>     (no description available)
>
> -- debconf information excluded
>   
>
>
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-- 
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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